How can Henry Cavill as an ENGLISHMAN play the Highlander!
Outrageous. If the demographic were slightly different here we'd be calling for blood. Highlander should only be played by a genuine Scotland (perhaps Gerard Butler, the Greggs Sausage Roll loving Glaswegian) or by a transatlantic French speaker...
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I agree 👍
Was just joking - although it is quite funny what with Henry Cavill being so English and the fact that Highlander wasn't played by a Scotch man in the first place...
They were talking about Cavill at one point but that would just be too unfair letting one man be both Superman and James Bond!
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better than them rebooting it about some black lesbian and completely change the lore to steal yet another role
shareWell how can an American born, Swiss/French raised man play a Scot. I'm of course talking about Christopher Lambert. Adrian Paul is also English, but he played a Scot in Duncan McLeod. For me I'd rather if it were true casting have Sam Heughan who is a Scot playing a Scot on Outlander. He's got a good body for it.
shareAnd Connery plays a Spaniard in the original film !
shareIt's called acting.
None of the Highlander actors have been Scottish. My favorite was Adrian Paul. I enjoyed his acting and his top-notch martial arts and fencing.
BTW, I wouldn't mind seeing a young unknown Scotsman playing the role, but they probably want a "bankable" actor.
Sean Connery was was! Although he did play a Spaniard in the originals tbf...
shareI know about Connery, but he never played the Highlander himself.
An issue with Scottish actors is that their dialect is hard to understand. I always needed subtitles when I watched Outlander especially during the first few seasons.
This is funny and true:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRcJQ9tMbY
James McAvoy in Filth is a good chance to see him with his home grown accent.
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